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Sheer drapery hanging from canopy head

Pillow covers

Two bed pillows

Two hand-woven bed coverlets. These are typical coverlets showing old patterns and original faded colors. Often woolier other fibres were used in the threads of these. Some estates had loom houses where women created many suck articles for family and…

Crocheted bed cover, cotton thread. Crocheted coverlets became popular in the later 19th century. There were often used on beds and as table cloths.

Handwoven canopy for the poster bed, 1800-1850s style. In warm weather the breezes could flow through netting. Beds were often moved to be near open windows in summer months.

Victorian bed steps, c. 1840. Mahogany case and middle-eastern woven fabric on the lid. The case hides a porcelain chamber pot.

Late Federal-style, c. 1830, four-poster bed. This bed was made for John Cobb and was given to his son, Howell Cobb. As governor of Georgia, Howell Cobb took this bed with him to Milledgeville while in office.

This bed was said to have been made…

Framed etchings, 19th century style, featuring scenes of Washington, DC